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organ grinder and monkey
The grinder would crank the organ in any public place (either a business district or in a neighborhood), moving from place to place after collecting a few coins or in order to avoid being arrested for loitering or chased by persons who would not appreciate hearing his single tune over and over again. The grinder would often have as a companion a white-headed capuchin monkey, tethered to a string, to do tricks and attract attention. -
harlem rag
Pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition. -
scott joplin
Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags.
Cornetist Buddy Bolden forms his band. -
The first piano rags appear in print.
The first piano rags appear in print.
Ragtime grows in popularity -
Duke Ellington is born.
Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published and sells over 100,000 copies.
Duke Ellington is born. -
A cutting contest
A cutting contest (a colloquial term for music competition) for ragtime pianists is held at New York's Tammany Hall. -
Louis Armstrong is born.
The American Federation of Musicians (the musicians union) votes to suppress ragtime.
Louis Armstrong is born. -
linclon park is opened
The John Philip Sousa Band records the ragtime piece, Trombone Sneeze, written by Arthur Pryor.
Lincoln Park is opened in New Orleans as a center for ragtime and early jazz performances. -
eudie blake
Pianist and composer Eubie Blake publishes his first piano rags. -
Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins is born.
Cornetist Buddy Bolden begins to develop a reputation in New Orleans for playing music that fuses elements of blues and ragtime.
Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins is born. -
A black newspaper in Indianapolis releases a statement in reaction to racist songs
A black newspaper in Indianapolis releases a statement in reaction to racist songs popular during this period: "Composers should not set music to a set of words that are a direct insult to the colored race." -
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton composes King Porter Stomp. -
Cornetist Buddy Bolden
Cornetist Buddy Bolden is committed to a mental institution without having ever recorded any music.
Scott Joplin moves to New York. -
The U.S. Marine band records Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.
The U.S. Marine band records Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.
The popularity of ragtime continues to grow among Blacks and white resulting in increased public interaction between the races. -
Composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club,
Composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York. -
Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his opera Treemonisha.
Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his opera Treemonisha.
Irving Berlin records Alexander's Ragtime Band, which becomes a hit but is scorned by ragtime purists. -
The word "jazz" first appears in print.
The word "jazz" first appears in print.
James Reese Europe records ragtime arrangements in New York with the first black ensemble to be recorded. -
Pianist W.C. Handy writes St. Louis Blues.
Pianist W.C. Handy writes St. Louis Blues. -
Trumpeter King Oliver forms a band in New Orleans with clarinetist Sidney Bechet.
Trumpeter King Oliver forms a band in New Orleans with clarinetist Sidney Bechet.
Scott Joplin stages Treemonisha himself and the show fails -
Scott Joplin dies.
Scott Joplin dies.
The classic era of ragtime ends. -
McCarthy
McCarthy Takes Office.
Blacklist Established. -
The Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
AACP member
(Montgomery, Ala.) NAACP member Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, defying a southern custom of the time. -
earns that integration is easier said than done.
(Little Rock, Ark.) Formerly all-white Central High School learns that integration is easier said than done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on behalf of the students, who become known as the "Little Rock Nine." -
OLE MISS RIOTS
CloseSeptember 30, 1962 OLE MISS RIOTS
President Kennedy federalizes the National Guard to protect the University of Mississippi's first African-American student, James Meredith.
Amidst campus riots, President Kennedy delivers a nationwide address to urge the people of Mississippi to cease the violent protesting. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis and blockade occurs.
After receiving intelligence on the presence of nuclear missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy and an advisory team of senior government officials known as the Executive Committee of the National Security Council plan a blockade of Soviet ships to avoid the transfer of missiles from Cuba to the Soviets. The blockade is successful and the imminent threat of nuclear war is avoided. -
PRESIDENT KENNEDY COMMITS TO CIVIL RIGHTS
President Kennedy mobilizes the Alabama National Guard to protect two African-Americans admitted to the University of Alabama by court order. In a televised address, President Kennedy expresses support for civil rights -
vietnam
In the first of a three-part, Pulitzer-winning series, investigative writer Seymour M. Hersh breaks a story about American soldiers’ merciless murders of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. -
HiV
HIV probably enters the United States around 1970.
African doctors see a rise in opportunistic infections and wasting.
Western scientists and doctors remain ignorant of the growing epidemic.
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hiv in california in new york
AIDS is detected in California and New York.
The first cases are among gay men, then injecting drug users.
